On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 13:41, KevinO wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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> Bart Garst wrote:
> > I'm assuming it's a security thing but I don't have any keys imported (?)
> > and I can read messages that have PGP signatures. Why?
> >
> You can read them because the messages are signed, not encrypted. The keys can
> be used for either or both purposes.
>
So what's the point of signing it if anyone can read it? I get the
encryption idea, but your message was signed. I have no way of knowing
if your message was signed with your key or someone else's. What's the
advantage to that?
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